hexameter

hex·am·e·ter  (hk-sm-tr)

n.

1. A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.

2. In classical prosody, a line in which the first four feet are either dactylic or spondaic, the fifth dactylic, and the sixth spondaic.

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[Latin, from Greek hexametros, having six metrical feet : hexa-, hexa- + metron, meter; see meter¹.]

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hexa·metric (hk-s-mtrk), hexa·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj.

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hexameter [hɛkˈsæmɪtə]

n Prosody

1. (Literature / Poetry) a verse line consisting of six metrical feet

2. (Literature / Poetry) (in Greek and Latin epic poetry) a verse line of six metrical feet, of which the first four are usually dactyls or spondees, the fifth almost always a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or trochee

hexametric  [ˌhɛksəˈmɛtrɪk], hexametral, hexametrical adj

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hexameter

a verse having six metrical feet. — hexametrical, adj.

See also: Verse

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hexameter - a verse line having six metrical feet verse line, verse - a line of metrical text

Translations

hexameter [hekˈsæmɪtəʳ] N → hexámetro m

hexameter

n → Hexameter m